鬻女

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 販女

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鬻	女
ひさ(き) Hyōgaiji	め Grade: 1

A compound of the nominalization of the verb 鬻(ひさ)く (hisaku, “sell”) + 女(め) (me, “woman”).

Noun

鬻(ひさき)女(め) • (hisakime) 

1. a female peddler
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 105:

     俗云販婦比佐岐女、裨販也

     Commonly called a female merchant- hisakime, she's a petty trader

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鬻	女
ひさ(ぎ) Hyōgaiji	め Grade: 1

A compound of the nominalization of the verb 鬻(ひさ)ぐ (hisagu, “sell”) + 女(め) (me, “woman”).

Noun

鬻(ひさぎ)女(め) • (hisagime) 

1. a female peddler

Coordinate terms

• 鬻(ひさき)人(ひと) (hisakihito)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.